Ex-Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell to be inducted into Texas High School Hall of Fame

Former Texas Tech and Ennis High School great Graham Harrell will be inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas, today.

Harrell helped his father, Sam Harrell, turn Ennis into a major state power in the early 2000s by commanding a spread offense similar to Texas Tech's between 2001 and 2003 with a 4A State Championship win in 2001 and two shocking playoff losses in the subsequent years.

Graham Harrell absolutely smashed state passing records with 12,532 passing yards and 167 touchdown passes while being recruited by the likes of the Red Raiders, Georgia, Arizona State, Wisconsin and Purdue. The 167 touchdown mark still stands as the best ever in the state.

The former Texas Tech quarterback isn't the only one going though. Sam Harrell will be inducted in the same class.

Sam Harrell, who is from the amazing Gordon Wood coaching tree from Brownwood, won two State Championships at Ennis but was diagnosed the multiple sclerosis in 2006 and had to retire in 2010. However, a third stem cell treatment trip to Costa Rica seemingly took and some of the damage has been reversed.

"Two years ago, I came to the Hall of Fame banquet and had to be wheeled to my seat in a wheelchair," Sam Harrell told the Waco Tribune. "Coming back to this banquet this year reminds me how far I've come. Not only am I coaching again, but I'm jumping rope, I'm active. I'm literally the luckiest, most blessed guy in the world."

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